10:04 AM,
Apr. 8, 2014

Written by

TODD MASSON
The Times-Picayune

NEW ORLEANS - A bill in the current session of the Louisiana Legislature would raise recreational saltwater fishing license fees by 136 percent.

House Bill 1082, introduced by Rep. Stuart Bishop, R-Lafayette, bumps the fee anglers must pay to fish in the state's saltwater zone from $5.50 to $13, an increase of $7.50. As the bill is written, the full amount of the increase would be deposited into a newly created Saltwater Fish Research and Conservation Fund.

The measure has the full support of the Coastal Conservation Association, according to its executive director, David Cresson. ...